Socialists for PR

Socialists for Proportional Representation.

[YouGov @YouGov]

49% of Britons support introducing proportional representation, with just 26% backing first past the post

PR: 49%
FPTP: 26%

By party voted for in 2024
Green: 72% PR vs 15% FPTP
Reform UK: 67% vs 20%
Lib Dem: 61% vs 20%
Labour: 53% vs 27%
Conservative: 39% vs 42%

https://t.co/2ZxU4LNUam

[LCER @Labour4PR]

💥 Parliament will debate Proportional Representation for general elections on Thursday 30 January

📨 Use this tool to write to your MP, asking them to attend: https://t.co/2jV4L3yGUt

🌹 If you're a Labour member with a Labour MP, say so and add a personal #Labour4PR message

[Make Votes Matter @MakeVotesMatter]

💥 More than 5,000 constituents have already contacted their MP, asking them to attend next week's PR debate.

If you haven't yet, use our tool to email your MP today and ask them to take part.

Let's make sure the case for PR gets heard loud and clear 👇
https://t.co/jbVODunUut

[Compass @CompassOffice]

Fantastic to see that MPs have PASSED @sarahjolney1 ‘10 Minute Rule’ motion in favour of changing the voting system.

It's encouraging to see the support for #FairVotes and this, along with the work of the @FairElectionsUK APPG, pushes us forward on this crucial issue.

[APPG for Fair Elections @FairElectionsUK]

📢 The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections is established

Our goal is to deliver clean & fair elections where all votes count

🗳️ Replacing First Past the Post with PR
💷 Eliminating dark money from politics
📰 Countering disinformation

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https://t.co/4i5tjUOdzi

[Socialists for PR @Socialists4PR]

“The formation could even act as kingmaker in the event of a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party, with progressive Green and independent MPs demanding transformative social change, and a proportional electoral system”.

https://t.co/Py9F9yVDlt

[Socialists for PR @Socialists4PR]

Interesting to see Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner nodding in agreement with Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey’s call for electoral reform. #KingSpeech

[Socialists for PR @Socialists4PR]

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner can be seen nodding her head in agreement at the call for electoral reform.

Is she a supporter of proportional representation?

[Unlock Democracy @UnlockDemocracy]

Lib Dem leader @EdwardJDavey makes it clear the @LibDems continue to back #ProportionalRepresentation even if this time Lib Dem voters nearly got a fair share of MPs!

In a democracy, every vote should count and have equal weight.

@Keir_Starmer
@MakeVotesMatter
@electoralreform

[Socialists for PR @Socialists4PR]

The #KingsSpeech promises a New Deal for Working People.

This change has majority support.

But any improvement to employment rights for the many could be taken away in five years time with the votes of a few bringing the Tories back.

We need proportional representation.

[LCER @Labour4PR]

📰 Labour divided over calls to scrap First Past the Post after landslide win

💥 “In England we now have five parties, and in Scotland and Wales you have six. You can’t run a First Past the Post system anymore” - @sandyofipswich

🌹 #Labour4PR
https://t.co/Z8ixy5IXbK

[Compass @CompassOffice]

"Country first, party second." That was @Keir_Starmer's promise.

Ditching First Past the Post is supported by:
✅ A majority of Brits
✅ Climate giants @friends_earth, @GreenpeaceUK, @GNDRising + more
✅ Economic justice campaigners @equalitytrust, @TaxJusticeUK, @HighPayCentre, @99Organisation + more
✅ 80%+ of his party
✅ 2/3 of affiliated trade unions

They all know that to tackle poverty, inequality, climate justice, and deliver "a Britain once more in the service of working people", we need to change our politics - that starts by changing the voting system.

https://t.co/EF5V7Ks11H

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

Our broken electoral system encourages voters to stay at home, a worrying prospect for our democracy.

Proportional representation is the key to unlocking people power.

Here’s why.

[Rivkah Brown @rivkahbrown]

The Greens got 2m votes and just 4 MPs. Under a fairer electoral system, they'd have >40.

@mattzarb on why first past the post – a system which makes the votes of millions of people redundant, and has handed Starmer a sandcastle majority – needs to die. https://t.co/wBeunLrecO

[Compass @CompassOffice]

If politicians are serious about changing the country and addressing the crisis of trust in politics, 2024 should be the last election distorted by First Past the Post.

Sign our petition with @MakeVotesMatter and @UnlockDemocracy now ⬇️
https://t.co/PVvMfT6rZP

[LCER @Labour4PR]

💔 #GE2024 has shattered any illusion that the House of Commons fairly represents Britain’s voters

🤯 Labour now holds almost 2/3rds of seats in return for 1/3rd of vote

📰 Read why Labour can & should use this power to reform the voting system

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https://t.co/TioxGWHmoA

[Socialists for PR @Socialists4PR]

Very good account to follow if you don’t already!

[Proportional Commons @PropVoting]

@Channel4News This shows us how distorted the Commons is under FPTP.

The real problem is that when MPs vote on legislation, often those opposing it represent more people. But it still passes because seats don't match votes.

@PropVoting publishes analysis of this for every division.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

UK election result if we had proportional representation

[Socialists for PR @Socialists4PR]

@Peston You should have asked him if he will implement Labour’s policy of proportional representation.

[Socialists for PR @Socialists4PR]

The disproportionality of this election has stretched the idea that we live in a representative democracy to breaking point.

This must be the last election under First Past the Post.

Take action with @CompassOffice @UnlockDemocracy and @MakeVotesMatter:

https://t.co/wLyOyq3BEt

[Socialists for PR @Socialists4PR]

@Keir_Starmer Great, can we change the system to make votes count?